Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour has completed 86 of the diplomatic appointments, revealed As Safir newspaper on Saturday.

Political sources therefore predicted that all of the diplomatic appointments may be complete before the end of next week.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun’s “unprecedented” attack against the political class may be early signs of his preparations for the 2013 parliamentary elections battle, reported al-Liwaa newspaper on Saturday.

Informed political sources told the newspaper: “He is seeking to fortify his position in Lebanon seeing as he has started to detect that he has lost supporters in favor of his political adversaries.”

The head of the Audit Bureau Judge Aouni Ramadan announced that a hundred companies have benefitted from the red diesel “scandal” that has erupted recently, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

He added that the companies’ gains have ranged between 0.3 and 7 percent.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati had requested from Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Daniel Bellemare that he delay the release of the indictment in the assassination attempts of former ministers Marwan Hamadeh and Elias al-Murr, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

He hoped that the indictment would be revealed after Lebanon approves the renewal of its cooperation protocol with the STL.

Internal Security Forces chief Ashraf Rifi confirmed on Saturday reports of a foiled assassination attempt against security officials, reported Voice of Lebanon radio.

He revealed that head of the ISF’s Information Branch Col. Wissam al-Hassan was the target of the foiled attempt.

A two-storey building collapsed on Friday in the Akkar town of Bebnin, reportedly leaving one person wounded.

“The collapsed building in Bebnin belongs to citizen Zakariya Soufan and it was inhabited by six people; however, the divine providence rescued everyone,” Al-Manar television reported.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Friday launched a vehement attack against the entire political class in Lebanon, accusing it of “conspiring” against the ministers of the Change and Reform bloc.

“I accuse the entire (political) system of conspiring against us and this intimidation will not scare us. We accuse everyone and let those accusing us demonstrate their evidences. We have the documents to prove that they are thieves,” Aoun said at a meeting with FPM coordinators in Sin el-Fil.

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel stressed on Friday the need to confront terrorism and instead bolster openness, dialogue, and understanding.

He said during the launch of the International Union of the Centrist Democratic Parties: “A resistance that does not contribute to the construction of the state cannot be considered legitimate.”

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon ad interim Robert Watkins said Friday that he discussed with Hizbullah official Ammar Moussawi the requirements of Security Council resolution 1701 that “still have to be met.”

Following his talks with Moussawi, who is the head of Hizbullah’s international relations department, Watkins said: “We discussed the areas where 1701 has worked very well so far, including the relative stability that has prevailed in south Lebanon, but also the requirements of 1701 that still have to be met in order to be able to move from the current cessation of hostilities to a permanent ceasefire.”

The Mustaqbal Movement praised on Friday the Syrian National Council’s open letter to the Lebanese people, especially regarding its proposal to review Lebanese-Syrian agreements and demarcate the border between the two countries.

It said in a statement: “The council’s brave step will pave the way for a new chapter of ties between Lebanon and Syria.”